Mechanical alarm for safes.



PATENTBD DEC. 13, 1904.

B. REBISGHUNG.

MECHANICAL ALARM FOR EAPES.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 28,1904;

NO MODEL.

UDY

ATTORN EY PATENTBD DEG. 13, 1904-.

El. REBISUHUNG u MEUHANIUAL ALARM 130R SAFBEL APPLIUATION FILED APB. 23,1904.

N0 MODEL.

PATENTED DEG. 13, 1904.

B. REBISGHUNG.

MECHANICAL ALARM'FOR SAFES.

APPLIUATIUH FILED APR. 23,1904.

3 BHEBTS-SHEBT 3.

EMILE REBISUHUNG,

Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEl V YORK, N. Y.

MECHANlCAL ALARM FQR SAFESH SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,540, dated December 13, 1904. Application filed April 28, 1904. Serial No. 204,546- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILE REBIsouUNe, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, New York city, county and State of New York, have invented Improvements in Mechanical Alarms for Safes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide safes with a complete and secure mechanical alarm; and it embodies many novel features of construction and modes of operation in aural alarm-producing devices.

The alarnr-givingdeviee and its operating and controlling mechanism are preferably located at the bottom of the safe, being contained in a box or case which constitutes the base of the safe.

The invention comprises a mechanical noiseproducing device, as a spring-actuated bellalarm; a means for blocking the alarm, comprising a connection between the lock of the safe and a catch for locking the alarm-giving device, operative at will when the door is to be opened; a stop for the alarm device which is normally active to arrest the motion of the alarm-givin g device; mechanism controlled by the door of the safe for operating this stop to release the alarm when the door is wrongfully opened, and mechanism for also releasing the alarm when the safe is lifted or moved. These devices,with other features of construction, are so related and operated that when the apparatus is set in operative condition it affords perfect protection against any tampering or interference with the safe. Should the safe be bodily moved or raised slightly off its foundation or place of rest, the alarmbell will instantly commence to ring and will continue ringing until its source of energy is exhausted. It cannot be stopped unless the fastening means of the safe be unlocked and the holding-bolts be withdrawn from their seats or mortises, which calls for the possession of a key for the lock or a knowledge of the combination, if a combination-lock is on the safe. The bell-ringing mechanism might also, if some kinds of these devices were used, be stopped by the insertion in the keyhole of a key or other instrument adapted to the purpose, and to prevent this being done the hole is covered or closed by a shield which is controlled by the alarm'blocking means. Again, should the door of the safe be forcibly or wrongfully opened the alarm device will be set in action and continue to sound an alarm to the limit of the alarm-motor so long as the door remains open.

To fully describe the features of the invention before briefly and broadly referred to and other details of construction, I will now refer to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which- Figure .1 illustrates a part elevation of a safe provided with .my improved alarm device, showing the door of the safe partly broken away and with the front of the basecasing removed. Fig. 2 is a view of the soundproducing device and its controlling mechanism looking upwardly. Fig. 3 is a vertical view of the base of the safe, showing the sound-producing device and its controlling mechanism with the front of the casing removed and with some of the operating parts broken away to more clearly show other parts. Fig. 4 represents a part of the devices shown in full in Fig. 2 with the mechanism set in another position. Fig. 5 is a detached view of the sound-producing device and its sound mechanism, the bell being partly broken away. Fig. 6 illustrates a portion of the lower edge of the door and bottom of the safe. Fig. 7 illustrates a part elevation of a safe, partly in section, showing a modification of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the mechanism of the alarm device, taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 represents a section of a part of the lower portion of the front of the bottom and door of the safe.

In the preferred application of my invention the soimd-producing device. represented as a spring-actuated alarm-bell, and the controlling mechanism are contained in a box or casing attached to the bottom of the safe and constituting a base or support for the safe. This box comprises a plate a, which is pro vided with posts and studs, on and to which the various parts of the apparatus are secured and which is by suitable means, as screws, securely fastened to the bottom of the safe,

side walls a, and a bottom plate (0 all suitably fastened together, so as to form a closed box.

Attention will first be called to the use of this invention as applied to small safes or safes that are light enough to be easily moved, which will be provided with a device to cause the alarm to be given as soon as the safe is disturbed from its place of rest and continues sounding until the motor force of the alarm is exhausted, as well as means for causing the alarm to be sounded when the door of the safe is wrongfully opened.

Any suitable mechanical sound-producing device may be used in the combination of my invention. That shown in the drawings is an ordinary spring-actuated alarm-bell secured to posts projecting from the plate a, a brief description of which only is necessary, the same consisting of a bell Z), a hammer b, a hammer-actuating gear Z1 a main gear-wheel Z and a driving-spring, all of which is sufficiently shown for a full understanding of the operation of this ordinary form of alarm-bell at Figs. 2 and 5. The spring of this alarm device is preferably of suflicient capacity to cause the bell to be sounded for a considerable time with one winding operation-about one-half hour and it may in small safes, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5, be wound by the insertion of a key in the central hole 6* in the bell 6, said key having passed through a hole in the bottom plate (62 of the base. This plan is proposed to be adopted in small safes that may readily be tilted or raised when it is desired to wind the alarm-bell. In larger safes it is proposed to provide means for winding the alarm-bell whereby the actuating-key may be inserted through a hole made in the wall of the base-box, which means may consist of a shaft 0 and miter or bevel gear 0, connecting this shaft to the arbor or winding-shaft of the alarm-bell, as shown at Figs. 7 and 8.

The provisions which enable the owner of the safe at will to lock the alarm-giving device, so that the same will be inactive when rightful access to the safe is required, and to release it or leave it in condition to produce a sound-giving alarm when the door of the safe is wrongfully opened or the safe otherwise tampered with, consist of a lever (Z, pivoted at (Z to a post extending from the plate a, having on one of its arms a tooth or projection (Z arranged to engage with the wheel 6 of the bell-alarm and having its other arm, extending through the wall a of the base-box, externally provided with a knob or handle (Z by means of which said lever (Z may be manipulated. hen this knob (Z is moved toward the front of the safe, the door may be opened or the safe moved without an alarm being given, the tooth (Z then being engaged with the wheel 6 and when the knob (Z is set in the opposite direction the tooth (Z is clear .of the wheel 6 and the bell-alarm is then under the controlof another locking device,

, which is released when the door of the safe is opened or when the safe is moved from its place of rest, as will be hereinafter described. Now when the lever (Z is set in position with the tooth (Z away from the wheel 6 it is positively locked and cannot be moved back into its other position, or position which permits the safe being opened, without an alarm being given, said locking means being under the control of the lock or bolts which secure the door of the safe, and it consists of a bar a, pivoted at e to a lug projecting from the plate (Z and having a notch e at its free end formed to engage the lever (Z, as shown at Fig. 3, said free end of the bar a being held against or pressed toward the lever (Z by the spring 0 which projects from the bar and presses against the plate a, a short lever f, pivotally connected at f to a lug of the plate (Z, having its inner end f bent so as to lie under the bar e and its outer end located beneath the lower edge of the door of the safe, a pin or bolt 9, fitted loosely in a hole formed through the bottom of the safe immediately below the lower edge of the door and connected to the outer end of the lever f, the upper end of the pin g projecting slightly above the top edge of the lower part of the door-frame when the lever e is depressed by itsspring 0 This lever f through the medium of the pin g is actuated by the lock or bolt of the door in a manner now to be described.

The door it is fitted to the safe A in the usual manner and may be provided with any suitable locking means, that shown in the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, is a commutationlock a' and a sliding bolt a, arranged to be moved from its holding-mortise in the doorjamb of the safe 7L by the operating-handle Z when the commutation-lock is properly set, and to this bolt 7' is connected a lever j, which is located in an opening formed in the body of the door It, extending from the bolt Z downwardly through the lower edge of the door, said lever j being pivoted at j to the door and having its lower end f extending through the second step of the door in such relation to the upper end of the pin g that when the door is closed with the bolts 2" set in open position the end of the lever 7' will bear on the top of the pin 9, force and .hold it down, and thereby move the notch of the bar 6 away from the lever (Z, thus permitting said lever (Z, by means of its knob (Z to be moved back and cause the tooth (Z to lock the bell-alarm, and the door may now be opened and the safe moved without the alarm sounding. WVith the door it closed and the bolt a" moved into its mortise the lower end j of the lever j will slide off the top of the pin g, allowing the notch e of the bar a to engage with and lock the lever (Z when it is set to release the bell-alarm and leave the bell-alarm free to act under the influence of the other safety devices now to be described.

A device is provided for locking or stopping the spring-motor bell-alarm when the lever (Z is set with the tooth (Z clear of the gear 6 the same consisting of a rod It, titted to slide vertically in the case of thebell-alarm and extending beyond the frame thereof. This rod Z: is provided with a collar or projection Zr, which in one position of the rod lies alongside of the arm or wire which carries the vibratory hammer b. so as to arrest its motion, and thereby block the motor ele ment of the bell-alarm, said rod and collar Z? being held in this position by the spring Z2 which surrounds the rod beneath the collar Zr. On the protruding part of this rod Z a short distance from its end is attached another collar, Zc", and it is by means of this collar that the hammer b is released and the alarm-bell sounded when the door of the safe is opened. This is accomplished through the medium of the lever Z, whose fulcrum is a pivotal connection Z with a lug or arm extending from the plate a of the base-box. The inner end of this lever has a hole formed in it, through which the rod Z; passes freely, the under side of this lever when this end of it is depressed being arranged to bear on the collar Zr of the rod Z. This depression of the end of the lever Z is caused by the spring Z which is secured to the plate a and arranged with the free end resting on the top of the lever Z andmoves the collar is" away from the wire arm of the bell-hammer b, and the outer end of this lever is consequently raised and so lifts the pin m, which is connected thereto and which passes upwardly freely through a hole formed in the sill of the door-frame of the safe; but this action of the lever Z can of course only occur when the door Zr of the safe is opened. This door is provided on its lower edge with an inclined or rounded edge block on, which by acting on the top of the pin in when the door is closed forces the outer end of the lever Z down, and so removes its end from the collar (1 of the locking-rod Zr, the spring 711 of which causes the collar 71; to stop the vibrations of the hammer Z).

The next feature now to be .referred to is that whereby the alarm will be given when the safe is wrongfully moved. The device for this purpose comprises a bar or, arranged parallel with the plate (Z and attached thereto at one of its ends a and located so as to lie over the end of the rod 7?, against which when freed it will 'be pressed by the spring or, placed between the bar and the plate a. This air a is normally held from acting on the rod 1: by the rod 0, which passes througha hole in the plate a of the base-box, with its lower end resting on the floor or the base of support of the safe and its upper end bearing against the under side of the bar a. said rod 0 being guided by a bridge-piece 0, secured to the plate (Z, and through and between the arms of which the bar a extends. This rod 0 is provided with a stoppin 0 which limits the outer movement of the rod 0 when the safe raised from its base of support, as shown at Fig. 5, and in which condition the spring 11 will force the bar a down onto and move the rod Z: so that its collar it" will release the hammer Z of the bell-alarm. The bell will of course continue to ring so long as the rod (1 is allowed to extend beyond the outer plane of the plate and could be stopped by the rod 0 being pressed back; but to prevent this being done a latch 1 is provided, pivoted atp to an arm extending from the plate (Z and arranged to catch over the end of the bar a when said bar is depressed, and so positively hold it and the rod (1 down. The latch p is actuated by the spring 9 and is controlled in such manner by a cam-ledge (7, carried by or forming a part of bar 7, that the latch is moved and held away from the bar a when the lever (Z is by its knob d set in position to permit of the opening of the safe without the alarm being sounded, as shown at Fig. t. The bar 7 is pivotally connected at one of its ends to the lever (Z and at its other end has a sliding connection to a post which projects from the plate a.

The plan here adopted forcovering the hole through which a key is inserted to wind the bell-alarm is a device operated by the eontrolling-lever (Z and comprises a lever or rocking bar 9', pivoted at r to a post which projects from the plate (It and connected at one of its ends to the lever (,Z by means of a link 7", the arrangement being such that-when the lever (Z is set to place the alarm-controlling device in operative condition the other end of the lever '1' will cover the hole in the plate (62 and the winding hole or arbor of the bell-alarm as shown at Fig. S2 and will move away from and expose said holes when the parts are set to permit of the rightful opening of the safe, as shown at Fig. 4.

The modifications illustrated at Figs. 7 S, and 9 relate to a means for operating the controlling-lever (Z from the door. and the lockhandle of the safe, whereby the trouble of manipulating the knob of the lever (Z is avoided when the safe is to be opened without an alarm being given. The lock of the safe shown in these drawings is similar to that of the other views before referred to and is a well-known and ordinary kind of lock, comprising a commutation device t", a sliding bolt 11". and a handle Z for operating the bolt when the commutation device is set to enable it to be withdrawn from its mortise formed in the jamb of the door-:l'rame. The actuat ing and controlling mechanism of the hellalarm is similar in all essential features to that shown in the other drawings, the principal change being made in the controllinglever (Z, which is shortened and has no external operating knob or handle and which is provided with an extension (P, bent or formed to project upwardly through an opening .9 in the sill of the door-frame, so as to extend slightly above the upper surface of the same and be in position to be acted upon by the door, said opening being large enough or wide enough to afford sufiicient room for this extension d to play therein and afford the necessary movement of the lever (Z for it to properly perform its functions. In a recess or opening in the door 72, extending from its lower ledge to the bolt i is located a lever 25, having a pivoted connection I? in said opening on which the lever 25 may be rocked. The upper end of the lever 25 is by a suitable means, as a slotted connection,controlled by the bolt a, and its lower end 6 is located in such relation to the extension (F of the lever (Z that it will pass by it when the bolt 6* is moved to its full extent away from its mortise and as the door is opened and shut, as indicated by the dotted lines 6 Fig. 7 but will be in the path of this extension (1 when the bolt is moved sufiiciently to just clear its mortise in the doorjamb, but not entirely moved back, as shown in full lines in Figs. 7 and 9.

The operation of this device as shown in the modification is as follows: To open the safedoor without producing an alarm, the bolt 2 will after the commutation-Locke is properly set be moved by its handle c'" a distance only for it to clear the mortise in the jamb, the end 25 then being behind the top of the extension (P, as shown at Fig. 8. Now upon the door being moved a short distance the extension (V will be drawn forward to the limit of the slotted opening 5, as'shown at Fig. 9, and the lever (Z moved so that its tooth d will engage with a moving part of the bell-alarm and so lock the same and at the same time release and n, as before described.

from the end of the bar The door k may now be fully opened by throwing the bolt 2" fully back, thereby moving the lever 6 into the posihold the latch 12 away tion indicated by the dotted lines t, Fig. 7

away from the top end of the extension (Z Upon closing the door of the safe the extension (V will be pushed back by the lower edge of the door and the lever cl set to enable the alarm-releasing devices to perform their functions when the safe is tampered with or disturbed, as before described. In the views Figs. 7 andS the aperture through which the key is inserted for winding the spring-actuated alarm device is shown located in the front wall of the box-base. It is covered by a shield at, attached to or forming part of an extension of the lever (Z. This shield is shown away from the aperture and the windingshaft c, the lever (Z being in position to block the alarmgiving device, the door of the safe being open or partly open. as before described. and it will ,be readily understood how this shield at will, swinging on d as a center, move in front of the end of the shaft 0 and cover the aperture in the Wall a when the door of the safe is fully closed.

It is evident the various devices and movements here set forth may be changed in construction and arrangementwithout impairing or changing the mode of operation of the various parts.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a safe, its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; and means controlled by the lock offering no obstruction to the movement of the door whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is opened.

2. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; and means controlled by the door-lock for blocking the alarm when the bolt of the door-lock is unlocked and the door opened and leaving the alarm under control of its locking device when the bolt of the door-lock is moved in locked position.

3. The combination with a safe, of a mechanical alarm; means controlled by the door of the safe for freeing the alarm when the door is opened; and a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and which incloses the mechanical alarm and its controlling device.

4:. The combination with asafe, of amechanical alarm; means for freeing the alarm when the safe is raised or moved from its base of support; and a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and which incloses the mechanical alarm and its controlling devices.

5.- The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; means controlled by the lock whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is opened; and a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and which incloses the mechanical alarm and its controlling device.

6. The combination with a safe, its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a spring-actuated alarm; a winding device therefor; and a shield controlled by the door-lock for covering and preventing access to the winding device of said alarm when the door is fastened by its lock.

7. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door; of a spring-actuated alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and which incloses the spring-actuated alarm and its controlling devices; a keyhole in the box-base and a shield controlled by the door-lock for covering the keyhole and preventing access to the winding device of said alarm when the door is fastened by its lock.

8. The combination with a safe, its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a spring-actuated alarm; a winding device therefor; means controlled by the door-lock whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is opened; and

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a shield actuated by the alarm-blocking means controlled by the door-lock for covering and preventing access to the winding device of said alarm when the door is fastened by its lock.

9. The combination with asafe, its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a spring-actuated alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and which incloses the springactuated alarm and its controlling devices; a keyhole in the box-base for the insertion of a key to wind the spring of the alarm; means controlled by the door-lock whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is opened; and a shield actuated by the alarm-blocking means controlled by the door-lock for covering the keyhole in the box-base and preventing access to the winding device of said alarm when the door is fastened by its lock.

10. The combination with a safe, its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; means controlled by the lock offering no obstruction to the movement of the door whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is free to be opened; and means for freeing the alarm when the safe is raised or moved from its base oi support.

11. The combination with a safe, its ClOO1,211]l a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; means controlled by the lock oifering no obstruction to the movement of the door whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is free to be opened; and means controlled by the door of the safe for freeing the alarm when the door is opened and when the means for blocking the alarm is inoperative.

12. The combination with a safe,its door, and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; means controlled by the lock whereby the alarm may be blocked when the door is opened; means for freeing the alarm when the safe is raised or removed from its support; and means controlled by the door for freeing the alarm when the door is opened.

13. The combinationwith a safe,its door and a lock for securing the door. of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; means controlled by the door for blocking the alarm when the bolt of the door-lock is unlocked and the door opened and leaving the alarm under control of its locking device when the belt of the door-lock is moved in locked position, and means for releasing the alarm-locking device when the safe is raised or moved from its support.

14:. The combination with a safe,its door,and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for. the alarm; means controlled by the door for blocking the alarm when the bolt of the door-lock is unlocked and the door opened and leaving the alarm under control of its loekingdeviee when the bolt of the door-lock is moved in locked position, and means controlled by the door of the safe for releasing the alarm-locking device when the door is opened.

15. The combination with a safe, its d oor,and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; means controlled by the door for blocking the alarm when the bolt oi the door-lock is unlocked and the door opened and leaving the alarm under control of its locking device when the bolt of the door-lock is moved in locked position; means controlled by the door of the safe for releasing the alarm-locking device when the door is opened; and means held inactive by the weight of the safe and free to act to release the said alarm-loeking device when the safe is raised or moved from its support.

16. The combination with a safe and its door, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a rod passing through the sill of the door arranged to be acted upon by a camledge on the bottom of the door, and a springactuated lever in connection with the rod arranged to release the alarm -locking device when the door is opened.

'17. The combination with asat'e and its door of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a rod passing through the sill of the door arranged to be acted upon by acamledge on the bottom of the door; a spring-actuated lever in connection with the rod and arranged to release the alarm-locking device when the door is opened; and a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe and in which is inclosed the mechanical alarm and the spring-actuated lever.

18. The combination with a safe of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; and means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its place 01" support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm.

.19. The combination with a safe ot' a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; means for releasing the locking device inclnding a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate oil? the box-base when the safe is moved from its place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; and a latch for locking the controller in its outer position.

20. The combination with a safe, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; a latch for locking the controller in its outer position; and means for freeing the latch from the controller to permit it to be again moved back in the box-base and so cause the locking device to be released.

21. The combination with a safe, of a mechanical alarm; alockingdevicefor the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its .place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; a latch for locking the controller in its outer position; means for freeing the latch from the controller to permit it to be again moved back in the box-base and so cause the locking device to be released; and a catch for securing the latch-freeing means in its inoperative position.

22. The combination with a safe, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; a latch locking the controller in its outer position; means for freeing the latch from the controller to permit it to be again moved back in the box-base and so cause the locking device to be released; a catch for securing the latch-freeing means in its inoperative position; the lock of the safe; and a connection between it and the catch for moving the catch away from the latch-freeing means.

23. The combination with a safe of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling devices; means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; a latch locking the controller in its outer position; means for freeing the latch from the controller to permit it to be again moved back in the box-base and to cause the locking device to be released; a catch for securing the lock-freeing means in its inoperative position; the lock of the safe; a connection between it and the catch for securing the latch-freeing means; and a tooth carried by the controller-latch-freeing means for blocking the alarm when the latch is set free to act on the controller.

24:. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a box-base secured to the bottom of the safe which incloses the alarm and its controlling device; means for releasing the locking device including a controller adapted to pass through the bottom plate of the box-base when the safe is moved from its place of support and thereby free the locking device from the mechanical alarm; and means controlled by the safe-lock for blocking the alarm and actuating the latch of the controller.

25. The combination with a safe and its door, of a mechanical alarm; a locking device for the alarm; a rod passing through the sill of the door arranged to be acted upon by a cam-ledge on the bottom of the door; a springactuated lever in connection with the rod and arranged to release the alarm-locking device when the door is opened; a spring-actuated bar also arranged to act on the alarm-locking device; and a controller therefor adapted to be projected through the bottom plate of the box-base and which holds said lever awayfrom the alarm-lock when this controller is held within the bottom plate of the box-base.

26. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; a lever actuated by the bolt of the lock the lower end of which extends through the bottom edge of the door; means for blocking the alarm provided with an extension projecting through the sill of the door-frame and acted upon by the lower end of the bolt-controlled lever.

27. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; a lever actuated by the bolt of the lock the lower end of which extends through the bottom edge of the door; means for blocking the alarm provided with an extension projecting through the sill of the door-frame and acted upon by the lower end of the bolt-controlled lever; and a shield for covering and preventing access to the winding device of said alarm.

28. The combination with a safe and a lock for securing the door; of a mechanical alarm; a lever actuated by the bolt of the lock the lower end of which extends through the bottom edge of the door; means for blocking the alarm provided with an extension projecting through the sill of the door-frame and acted upon by the lower end ofthe bolt-controlled lever; a lock for the alarm, a spring-actuated bar arranged to act on the alarm-locking device provided with rod or extension arranged to rest on the base of support of the safe; a latch for retaining the bar in position to free the alarm; and a cam-provided bar connected to the alarm-blocking means for controlling the latch.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of April, 1904i.

EMILE REBISCHUNG.

itnesses:

Trrus KRoT'r, ARTHUR C. BLATZ. 

